A. N. ANIAGOLU, JSC (Delivering the leading judgment): The proceedings in this appeal relate to a Legal Practitioner who is a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, one Gani Fawehinmi Esq., of 28, Sabiu-Ajose Crescent, Surulere, Lagos, and concerns a professional misconduct allegedly committed by him in that he engaged himself in "advertising, touting and publicity" by reason of a publication in a weekly newspaper, the "WEST AFRICA', dated 23rd March 1981, which read as follows:
A NEW BOOK ON NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION
TITLED
NIGERIAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW REPORT
1981 Volume One
Edited by
CHIEF GANI FAWEHINMI
the famous reputable and controversial Nigerian Lawyer..."
The issue which falls now, to be decided in this appeal is not whether or not Chief Gani Fawehinmi (hereinafter simply referred to as "Gani") committed the alleged misconduct, but the preliminary issue of the competence of the individuals scheduled to adjudicate on the matter under the Legal Practitioners Act 197…